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Old 01-28-2021, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Boston-Sean View Post
Reading everyone rave about being in the middle of everything has driven me to my first post here.

I’ve been “in the middle of everything” for the last 30+ years and I’ve had enough. For my coming retirement, The Villages is currently my plan B...
When I moved to TV in 2011 we didn't have an area like south of 44, the new area was the end of Buena Vista at 466A. The quiet area and still is to this day, is the northern end of Buena Vista. That year my village didn't have a neighborhood softball team yet. So I played for Calumet Grove, as far north as you can get, 11 miles from my village. We don't play our games there, but I once went to a team party at their Rec Center and have traveled to the VA Clinic at Mulberry now and then and occasionally play Lopez Country Club when I feel like spending 45 minutes each way on my cart. That area is not much different than what you're describing.

Big exception, they already have an existing 27 hole golf course, and Lopez is one of the best and most beautiful in the TV. It's also only one of the three courses that have a driving range. You have a Publix Shopping Center and you are within 10 to 15 minutes by cart Glenview Country Club and the Saddlebrook Softball Complex and the Polo Fields where more than polo goes on, RC airplanes, kite flying, all types of clubs and many times special events, and none involve line dancing. Did I forget the Savannah Center, the 840 seat theater where many of the shows go on during normal times. Last show I attended was Molly Hatchet last January, I like southern rock.

So if you decide not to build but to buy a resale, then take a look at the north end of the TV, the trip along Buena Vista north of the Polo Fields is like nothing else. Remember, whatever you do, don't buy a golf cart and drive it to the square.

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